Thursday, 11 July 2013

This report is the result of SDI's
extensive market and company research covering the global body armor and
personal protection industry. It provides detailed analysis of both historic
and forecast global industry values, factors influencing demand, the challenges
faced by industry participants, analysis of the leading companies in the
industry, and key news.

Introduction and Landscape

Why was the report written?

The Global Body Armor and Personal
Protection Market 2013-2023” offers the reader detailed analysis of the global
body armor and personal protection market over the next ten years, alongside
potential market opportunities to enter the industry, using detailed market
size forecasts.

The global body armor and personal
protection market is currently characterized by rapidly growing demand and not
enough supply. Since combat operations began in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US
and allied forces have borne the brunt of frequent and deadly attacks from
insurgents using various weapons such as improvised explosive devices (IED),
mortars, rocket launchers, and increasingly lethal ballistic threats. Sir Jock
Stirrup, the head of the British Armed Forces during the Iraq conflict,
admitted that some troops sent into Iraq did not have the proper desert combat
clothing and boots, while others did not get the body armor they should have
had. In another incident, the lack of adequate body armor contributed to the
death of a British Army sergeant in Iraq in 2006. An official report on the
issues concerning the British Army criticized the MoD for failing to ensure
that enough sets of the enhanced combat body armor were available for troops
during the war. Furthermore, in April 2005, the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) reported on shortages of critical force protection items,
including individual body armor, primarily due to materials shortages,
production limitations, and distribution problems.

What makes this report unique and
essential to read?

“The
Global Body Armor and Personal Protection Market 2013-2023” provides detailed
analysis of the current industry size and growth expectations from 2013 to
2023, including highlights of key growth stimulators. It also benchmarks the
industry against key global markets and provides detailed understanding of
emerging opportunities in specific areas.

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Thursday, 6 June 2013

This report is the result of SDI's
extensive market and company research covering the Australian defense industry,
and provides detailed analysis of both historic and forecast defense industry
values including key growth stimulators, analysis of the leading companies in
the industry, and key news.

Introduction and Landscape

Why was the report written?

The Future of the Australian Defense
Industry - Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018
offers the reader an insight into the market opportunities and entry strategies
adopted by foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to gain a market
share in the Australian defense industry.

Australian defense expenditure
increased at a CAGR of 6.03% during the review period and values US$26.3
billion in 2013. The focus of the Australian government will be on the
modernization of its armed forces, participation in peacekeeping operations,
and counterterrorism activities.

What are the key drivers behind
recent market changes?

Military modernization, counterterrorism
activities, and participation in peacekeeping missions are the major drivers of
the Australian defense industry.

What makes this report unique and
essential to read?

The Future of the Australian Defense
Industry - Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018
provides detailed analysis of the current industry size and growth expectations
from 2014 to 2018, including highlights of key growth stimulators. It also
benchmarks the industry against key global markets and provides a detailed
understanding of emerging opportunities in specific areas.

Key Features and Benefits

The
report provides detailed analysis of the current industry size and growth
expectations from 2014 to 2018, including highlights of key growth stimulators,
and also benchmarks the industry against key global markets and provides a
detailed understanding of emerging opportunities in specific areas.

The
report includes trend analysis of imports and exports, together with their
implications and impact on the Australian defense industry.

The
report covers five forces analysis to identify various power centers in the
industry and how these are expected to develop in the future.

The
report allows readers to identify possible ways to enter the market, together with
detailed descriptions of how existing companies have entered the market,
including key contracts, alliances, and strategic initiatives.

The
report helps the reader to understand the competitive landscape of the defense
industry in Australia. It provides an overview of key defense companies, both
domestic and foreign, together with insights such as key alliances, strategic
initiatives, and a brief financial analysis.

Key Market Issues

Recently,
the DMO has taken criticism for the project delays and cost overruns associated
with its domestic defense procurements, several of which have cost double the
original estimations. Currently, the Australian defense industry is facing cost
overruns and delays in its project to acquire 100 F-35 joint strike fighters.
As a result, similar opportunities may be offered to foreign firms, rather than
domestic firms, during the forecast period.

The
AIC program supports the domestic defense industry by encouraging foreign OEMs
to grant domestic access to the global supply chain in exchange for market
entry. Global supply chain deeds can be entered into voluntarily or as part of
a procurement contract, and insist that the foreign OEM procures its equipment
or components from a domestic company. While global supply chain deeds offer
substantial export opportunities to domestic firms, they can pose major
concerns for foreign OEMs, as Australian defense products are often expensive
due to high labor costs and expensive logistics related to the country's
geographical location. The government is, however, making an effort to train
domestic defense employees by schemes such as Skilling Australia's Defense
Industry (SADI).

Key Highlights

Each
defense contract valuing AUD50 million (US$43.8 million) or more must have an
AIC plan as part of the tender, which facilitates the participation of the
domestic defense industry by determining a set of activities that must be
performed by sub-contracted domestic firms. The AIC will then evaluate the bid
of each participant, and select the one that will offer the maximum opportunity
to the domestic industry at the lowest cost. The participant may also offer
domestic companies access to its global supply chain.

While
Germany has, historically, been the leading supplier of arms to Australia,
since 2007 the dynamics of the market have changed significantly with the US
taking the lead, followed by France. This trend has been facilitated by the
close military relationship Australia shares with the US, which will also offer
the US an advantage over other supplying countries over the forecast period.
During the review period, the US accounted for the largest percentage share.
Most of the procurement programs from the US have been executed under Foreign
Military Sales (FMS). This includes contracts with General Dynamics, and local
subsidiaries of Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Raytheon.

As
a result of its highly competitive domestic shipbuilding industry, ships
account for the majority of Australian exports. The industry has recently
recorded achievements such as the construction of AZNAC frigates, Huon mine
hunters, and Collins class submarines, which are the largest
conventionally-powered submarines in the world. The majority of exports were
made to New Zealand and the Netherlands.

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Wednesday, 15 May 2013

This report is the result of SDI's extensive market and company
research covering the global CBRN defense industry. It provides detailed
analysis of both historic and forecast global industry values, factors
influencing demand, the challenges faced by industry participants,
analysis of the leading companies in the industry, and key news.

The global CBRN defense market is estimated to value US$9 billion
in 2013. The market consists of CBRN protection, detection,
decontamination, disposal, and simulation equipment, and is expected to
witness a marginal increase during the forecast period, primarily due to
modernization initiatives planned in North America and Europe, and
threats from terrorism and hostile neighboring countries in the Asia
Pacific and Middle Eastern regions. The market is expected to increase
at a CAGR of 4.2% during the forecast period, to reach US$13.7 billion
by 2023. CBRN protection equipment is expected to account for the
majority of the global CBRN defense market, followed by detection and
decontamination systems.

industry size and growth expectations from 2013 to 2023, including
highlights of key growth stimulators. It also benchmarks the industry
against key global markets and provides detailed understanding of
emerging opportunities in specific areas.

Key Features and Benefits

The report provides detailed analysis of the market for CBRN defense
equipment during 2013-2023, including the factors that influence why
countries are investing or cutting defense expenditure. It provides
detailed expectations of growth rates and projected total expenditure.

Despite a number of developed countries, mostly in Europe, having
called for a complete shutdown of nuclear reactors in all countries
around the world, global nuclear energy generation is expected to
increase significantly over the forecast period. Rapidly increasing
demand for electricity, along with increasing fossil fuel prices, are
making nuclear power an increasingly attractive option for many
countries, especially in those where large-scale alternative energy
generation such as wind and solar are not feasible. It has also been
reported that over 60 power reactors are currently being constructed in
13 countries including Turkey, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Poland,
Bangladesh, Russia, the UAE, and India. All of these countries will have
to spend on CBRN incident protection in order to ensure that tragedies
such as the Fukushima spillover are avoided.

Key Market Issues

One of the key issues facing the industry is to develop technically
advanced and cost effective prototypes that can be transferred to mass
production without much difficulty. The major impact is currently felt
in developing advanced protective suits that need to counter changing
threats while at the same time being light so as to minimize the
physical load on the wearer. Specifically, companies are trying to
address the heat load stress issue by aiming for a balance between a
generic outfit and a highly technological garment. These innovations
require significant funding and with the global economy just emerging
from the economic crisis and defense budgets being cut, companies are
hard pressed to get the required funding.

Since the CBRN protection industry is currently in its nascent
stage, it requires considerable funding from the public and private
sectors to develop effective counter measures against potential threats.
However, recent years have witnessed various instances of neglect
towards the CBRN sector; cancelled programs, cutbacks in research
funding, and a focus on other defense sectors threaten to plague the
industry. In 2004, the US Congress passed the Project BioShield Act in a
bit to get the private sector to develop medical countermeasures
against CBRN terrorism agents and to provide a mechanism for the
government to acquire these countermeasures.

One of the main factors resulting in continuous demand for CBRN
protection, detection, and decontamination equipment is the dual use of
these agents in everyday life. The advancement in the fields of
biotechnology, nuclear energy, and life sciences has the potential to
bring about significant benefits for the betterment of mankind; however,
these developments can also be used for hostile purposes and to
perpetrate various instances of bio-terrorism, which is why it is
imperative for scientists and the security community to constantly
engage with each other and devise methods to prevent or counter any
forms of CBRN terrorism.

Budget cuts are expected to prompt DoDs to provide war fighters and
first responders with products already on the market or about to hit the
market. These budget constraints are also expected to encourage the
modification and refit of existing technologies and equipment in order
to enhance the capabilities of CBRN defense forces while maintaining low
budgets. As has been seen in the case of the US, the UK, and Japan,
budget constraints have urged procurement departments to opt for dual
use COTS products, which enables defense departments to save costs while
at the same time provides CBRN defense personnel with equipment that
offers a range of flexibility to meet multiple scenarios and
requirements.

Product Synopsis This report is the
result of SDI's extensive market and company research covering the Thai defense
industry, and provides detailed analysis of both historic and forecast defense
industry values including key growth stimulators, analysis of the leading
companies in the industry, and key news.. Introduction and Landscape Why was
the report written? The Future of the Thai Defense Industry - Market
Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018 offers the reader
an insight into the market opportunities and entry strategies adopted by
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Thursday, 2 May 2013

This
report is the result of SDI's extensive market and company research covering
the Brazilian defense industry, and provides detailed analysis of both historic
and forecast defense industry values including key growth stimulators, analysis
of the leading companies in the industry, and key news.

Introduction
and Landscape

Why
was the report written?

The
Future of the Brazilian Defense Industry - Market Attractiveness, Competitive
Landscape and Forecasts to 2018 offers the reader an insight into the market
opportunities and entry strategies adopted by foreign original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) to gain a market share in the Brazilian defense industry.

Brazilian
defense expenditure increased at a CAGR of 8.29% during the review period and
valued US$35.85 billion in 2013. The focus of the Brazilian government will be
on the modernization of its armed forces, participation in peacekeeping
operations, and military procurements.

What
are the key drivers behind recent market changes?

The
modernization of the armed forces, development of indigenous defense
capabilities, and large defense procurement projects are
the major drivers of the Brazilian defense industry.

What
makes this report unique and essential to read?

The
Future of the Brazilian Defense Industry - Market Attractiveness, Competitive
Landscape and Forecasts to 2018 provides detailed analysis of the current
industry size and growth expectations from 2014 to 2018, including highlights
of key growth stimulators. It also benchmarks the industry against key global
markets and provides a detailed understanding of emerging opportunities in
specific areas.

Key
Features and Benefits

The report
provides detailed analysis of the current industry size and growth
expectations from 2014 to 2018, including highlights of key growth stimulators,
and also benchmarks the industry against key global markets and provides a
detailed understanding of emerging opportunities in specific areas.

The report
includes trend analysis of imports and exports, together with their
implications and impact on the Brazilian defense industry.

The report
covers five forces analysis to identify various power centers in the
industry and how these are expected to develop in the future.

The report
allows readers to identify possible ways to enter the market, together
with detailed descriptions of how existing companies have entered the
market, including key contracts, alliances, and strategic initiatives.

The report helps
the reader to understand the competitive landscape of the defense industry
in Brazil. It provides an overview of key defense companies, both domestic
and foreign, together with insights such as key alliances, strategic
initiatives, and a brief financial analysis.

Key
Market Issues

Brazil has a
strict offset obligation for defense deals, equivalent to 100% of the
contract value. This has proved a challenge for those foreign OEMs whose
government has a policy of limited technology transfer, including the
US-based company Boeing. Moreover, Brazil's offset policy requires that
defense contracts use domestic companies for the manufacture and assembly
of defense systems. A number of foreign OEMs have agreed to such offset
requirements due to the availability of inexpensive labor and raw
materials in the country. However, a significant portion of these
companies are reluctant to share proprietary information with Brazil, and
often fail to supply defense systems to the country as a consequence.
These rigorous requirements by Brazil often delay the approval of defense
deals.

A significant
challenge faced by defense suppliers to Brazil is the time taken by the
Ministry of Defense to ratify defense deals. As defense procurements occur
through competitive bidding, competing companies must undergo technical
compliance checks, after which the ministry enters a lengthy negotiation
process with bidders, designed to secure the maximum technology transfer
at the lowest price. As such, the ratification process is further delayed
by long negotiation periods and competing offers given by the various
defense firms. Examples include the delay in selecting a supplier for the
fourth-generation fighter jets and the delayed purchase of armored
personnel carriers from the Italian branch of Invesco Ltd.Despite having
the eleventh-largest defense expenditure globally, Brazil only allocates
around 6-7% of its total defense expenditure to arms procurement. The
country currently allocates 41% of its defense budget towards providing
pensions for retired military personnel, and a significant amount is spent
on the administration of its defense forces. Although domestic
advancements by Brazilian defense firms are fueling the component
procurement market, the deal value for these components is often small.
This results in the Brazilian defense industry appearing as a relatively
less attractive investment opportunity for foreign OEMs.

All defense
procurement and acquisitions made by the Ministry of Defense and
associated bodies follow a competitive bidding process. The Ministry of
Defense decides which company from which to procure equipment, depending
on whether the equipment complies with the ministry's requirements, which
company offers the lowest price, and which company offers the most
technology transfer. The rule applies for both domestic and foreign
suppliers without any preferential treatment for domestic suppliers.

Brazilian
aircraft imports account for almost 46% of its total arms procurements,
and involves the import of advanced fighter jets and components for the
manufacture of indigenous aircraft systems such as helicopters and cargo
aircraft. As the country's currency is strengthening and import duties are
waved off, importing aircraft seems to be lucrative for the country. The
country's naval procurements include submarines from Brazil and France.
France has emerged as Brazil's leading arms supplier, with 17.5% share in
country's total defense imports. On a number of occasions France has
offered technology transfer to Brazil, which has helped it secure defense
contracts with the country. Brazil supplies engines to Brazilian aircraft
and submarine manufacturers, and is the second-largest arms supplier to
the country. The implementation of the Amazon Protection System (SIVAM)
has lead the country to procure radar and satellite components, most of
which are supplied by the US defense firm Raytheon. During the review
period, Brazil has also procured missile systems from Israel, the US, and
Spain, which included anti-ship, anti-submarine, and beyond visual range
missiles.

During 2008-2012,
aircraft were the major exported product, with total 81% of the defense
exports. This largest percentage of aircraft can be attributed to multiple
deals of Embraer with foreign countries like Chile, Ecuador and Colombia
etc.

Product Synopsis This
report is the result of SDI's extensive market and company research covering
the Malaysian defense industry, and provides detailed analysis of both historic
and forecast defense industry values including key growth stimulators, analysis
of the leading companies in the industry, and key news. Introduction and
Landscape Why was the report written? The Future of the Malaysian Defense
Industry - Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018
offers the reader an insight into the market opportunities and entry strategies
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